Cornwall is to host a ground-breaking event for apprentices and their employers, which will test them in a day of challenges and competition.

The inaugural Apprenticeship Games will pitch companies against each other in a bid to find the region’s ‘Apprentice Team of the Year’, who will be handed the games’ specially designed apprenticeship torch.

Taking place at Cornwall College St Austell during National Apprenticeship Week 2018 in March, teams from the South West’s leading employers will compete in a series of challenges to showcase their skills.

Group director of development at The Cornwall College Group and head of Cornwall College Business Sally Foard, said the idea was to create a fun and engaging event that ‘cut through the noise created by the new apprenticeship structures’.

The day will also be hosting a networking lunch to give businesses and sponsors the opportunity to engage and share their stories.

 To find out more about The Apprenticeship Games 2018 or to find out how to enter a team, please visit www.cornwall.ac.uk/apprenticeshipgames , call 0800 731 7594 or email [email protected]